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  • Judgement Doesn’t Make You Fail-Proof – On Babies Left In Hot Cars

    Every year, every. single. summer. my heart aches a deep, sharp, searing pain for the children who are lost to a tragic accident that takes way too many.

  • A Job Seeker’s Desperate Choice

    On the morning of March 20, Shanesha Taylor had a job interview. It was for a good job, one that could support her three children, unlike the many positions she’d applied for that paid only $10 an hour. The interview, at an insurance agency in Scottsdale, Ariz., went well. “Walking out of the office, you know that little skip thing people do?” she said, clicking her heels together in a corny expression of glee. “I wanted to do that.” But as she left the building and walked through the parking lot, she saw police officers surrounding her car, its doors flung open and a crime-scene van parked nearby. All the triumphant buoyancy of the moment vanished, replaced by a hard, sudden knot of panic. Hours later, Ms. Taylor was posing for a mug shot, her face somber and composed, a rivulet of tears falling from each eye.

  • Mom lost kid in hot car; Interview with Lyn Balfour

    Raw footage of interview with Kids And Car Safety parent advocate Lyn Balfour about the loss her son Bryce.

  • Father jailed on felony murder charge after leaving son all day in hot SUV

    “The biggest mistake you can make as a parent is thinking this can’t happen to you,” Fennell said.

  • Kids in hot cars: How to avoid the dangers

    This summer, 13 children have already died after being left alone in sweltering cars. Safety advocates share easy things you can do make sure you don’t forget about your child in the backseat. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.

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